The Sun. — London, England, 1818-12-24 00:00:00

PC , r o' the ed 5 0 1 10 11 9 of a ° C( C 1, ,- t► 9 the successors of her l'ormeroiripring.Lon:g . inaY I s ense .of original consangoinity bind th'em st rongly to each other, and then, %litb the ties of Mutual interest to consolidate the'connexion, it In aY last in cordial Union to the end of time.•-- We find by one passage in this interesting Dorn m erit, that the contest between Spain and her ltevolted Colonies, is not so near a conclusion as the revolutionary Journals of tl4is Conntry have so °lien stated, nor is the issue so likely, as they pre• tlict, to' terminate in the nltima:e triumph of the revolters. It is 14ard1y to he supposed that THE PRESIDENT would have introd , ,ced this passage .13 Pon light grooncl3. We are uo enemies either to t he Revolters or the Parent St e, and eve ly Widi that the friendly interposition of other Countries could put an end to the contest, yet we flo not venture ,to anticipate such a decisi , m, but fear it will eventually prove deeply ruitious to both Parties. • The Fog is evally dense this day as it has been kr the two reek iiing days. SI-I ll' NEWS. RAMSGATE, DEC. 23 —Arrived his nijesty's */ ;i]'avos, frog) the Mediterranean ; but tinder t i""lantine. d his Majesty's ship Leven, for of Good Hope. have not heard of l ilt' bri e Eti ., .\rt yet ; a boat from this place, and an"flat• trnmnroad•stairs, have been absent since ; it is fte genet al opinion here that they 111 " st !Pavel:llkt) in with and got possession of her; t wo rudders havine: been seen near 'he sand, it is presumed one of them belonged to her. CUsTONIS UST. Entered Inwards, lkeenzber 22.—Richard anti Ann, Ja- M P ,, m, Petershnrgh: Iris, Pearson, Archangel. Entir t d Ol•ward.c . , Dec. 23.—Prince Royal, Wardlow, Rio .laneiro• Friendship, Da wsou,, do. ; Regent, Bacon, Pe lerslnirgh ; 'r online, Turley, Philadelphia; Integrity, Pagon, 1),,,,,rara; Emperor Alt :Guider, Davison, Gibraltar; Atlas, Ic i r aYne. china ; Lapwing, Brook, Smyrna. Cleared' Hutwerds, Dec. 23.-11'illiam and Mary, Ilessel- Nv r)d, Barcelona: Goede Verwagting, Claasen, Amsterdam ; Blottier, Cook, Hamburg!,; Britannia, flamlyn, (4 ""da Promise, Brecon, Mediterranean ; Junge Martha, Tunningen : `.'pton, Stanworth, Genoa. The PRINCE REGENT posti,oned his intended visit to Windsor vesterd,v, in consetpienee of the tot!. I t is most probable that his itnyAl nigh bess will leave town to-day, if the weather is at all dear. The trallespeople . of the PRItN;CE REGENT are Paid every (wailer, %vitt' the greatest punctuality, His Royal Ilighness has lately ordered 100 of the Nt•ry he:'“ ';161t) great coats for the Ilse at during the ensttitsg winter. Et.va! ti:gibness stir I)ake of You: is in (";ssaiitiv t.ogageti in tmili!ary linsine , s at York 1 114 11)e. iirday his !loyal Highness takes dt• ithrtute f or Wi n dsoi, on a visit to his oya! Sistirs ; from thence he proceeds to Oat - . 1 1 "''tr, to h e r /loyal Highness the Doel:ess of 27 " 1 1(• lie returns on Monday next to York Yesterday the Doke of YORK transacted mill• ta rs' bitsine,s with the PRINCE REGENT at Carlton Tile PAT] Of LIVERPOOL had an audience of the PutNci? REGENT yesterday at Carlton [louse. Yesterday, at one o'clock, a Cabinet Council wits held at the Foreign Office, in Downing "(err, which was attended by the saute Cabinet Alinit,ters as that which was held uH Tuesday at the house of the LORD CHANCELLOR, wil l the t l xecPtion of .the Learned Lord, The Doke of `' W ELLINGTON attended. The Cabinet sat hot a sl!ott tithe. Lord CASTLEREAGH remained fit his office till a late hour transacting business• departure of the Mat ebioness of HASTINGS for India takes place about the 30th of January next. 'rut sday Viscount MELVILLE arrived at Chat-• "" 11 , and inspected the new works and improve 'news carrying on in the dock-yaid. His Lord after dining with Admiral Sir JonN Gime, ‘ } 'liti th e Caotaips of the several ships fitting out, returned to town. Y ,, terdav morning dispatches were received at the Atitntraliy from Admiral Sir CHARLES PEN AINF at Malta, and also at the Secretary of Staws Office. , LORD ELLRNBOROUGUCS WILL.-The property 'eft by the Learned Lord, we arc told, exceeds 240.0001. To be present Lord be Iris bequi!athed 10.0001, ner annton ; to the wi:lowed Lady 20091. Per annum ; and to each of the oth , r 15 .0001 The house in St. J•sim.s's-tptere, a trLt-:101d, is directed to be sold, an.: also the villa at Rodtarnr 00. The late Peer gav_!:: 18,0001. for th e town rei6ence, but it is worth cons;citt•- ably more. The fog operated so effectually on the vision - of the audience at Dcl!ry-Lane Theatre on Ti;e-5- ( lay eve n i ng, that those in the front of the house \vete not able to see the scenery durito,; the first Ret of the trage(iy and the g ,,li er i es cifled loudly for adnr:ional lights co he placed 011 the Stage— . Iv het) Mr. KEAN Stepped forward, and tints ad ‘ll.-seed the audience :—" Ladies and Gentle .))"'", you tnusr be perfectly aware. that no. addi- I,R 'al lights can counteract the effects of the at -111"Pliere"----The pert - on:tames then proceeded vtnhout titrlher Yesq-: day, Deeernher '23d, No. 2387, another of 30,0001. o. s sold by U CARRot.A., at his 7 1 '" . S , ate - LotteryOffiee; No. 19, Cutnhill,— ate t;%o Gland isrizfs of 30,0003. still in thr " N ' heri, vvhich are on ..Sale at his 010 -'• 2 G, Uxford-st re, t ; antl.at his New fortunate th ""ce, No. 19, Coruhill, S!li PHILIP FIi.iNCIS. • Tlti3 ' Gentleman, who ,s ni; ,de guished figure in the o olitical world for a 4)4', period, closed hip earthly career On Tu !seq. last, at a very advanced age•, atter a long ill= netts, at his house in St. James's-squaw. He was the son of Dr. FRANCIS, an emi!lent Divine and Schoolatiister, to whom the lite rary world is indebted for an admirable Transla tion of the Orations of DEMosTIIENES, and per- !yaps the bust Translation which hos yet appeared 4,i the Works (4. liortAcE.—Sir PHILIP oli;:inally possessed a situation in the ‘Var-Office, and at- terwards went to India, where his talents raised him to a distinguished situation. It was his mis fortune to differ With the late Mr. IIAsTtNG3. while in that country, and to engage in a d►lel with that Gentleman. The chief error in the sub- sentient conduct of Sir PHILIP was, that, after livving been so deeply involved with Mr. HAST INGS, he should have endeavoured to become one of the Parliamentary Managers in the prosecu tion of that Gentleman. This tact, however, has not been fully ascertained, and it is so repug nant to candour, delicacy, common sense, and the feelings of mankind, that we are disposed to con sider the suspicion as not well founded. Sir PHILIP, if he ever entertained such an ambition, must, on the slightest reflection, have been con vinced how much it would have exposed him to general censure. As Sir PHILIP held his situa tion in the War-Office during the time when the Letters of JUNIUS hrst appeared, an►l as the arrest at►d release of Gen. GANsELL constituted an impor tant topic in the hands of the anonymous Writer, who most have been well informed of all t he circum- stances attending that extraordinary transac►ion, it has been interred, upon a comparison of dates, and the farther developen►ent of the literary and political talctis of Sir PHILIP, that lie and JuNIUS were one person. It is %yell known that manylother characters, npon various degrees of pro bability, have been suspected of writing the me morable Letters in question. Bat no person has ever pursued the inquiry with so much success a►s the author of a work, entitled " The IDENTITY of JUNIUS With a DISTINGUIstIED LIVING CHA RACTER established." This work is ascribed to Mr. TAYLOR, of the firm of TAYLOR and H►iSSEY, booksellers, hi Fleet-street. It is a work marked by no ordinary share of diligence and sagacity, and it must he highly gratifying to the friends of literat►tre, as well as to the respectable ft sterility of booksellers, to know that their body possesses so able a member. We gave a brief account of this work in our 'LITERARY REVIEW, but it is well en• titled to further notice.—But to return to Sir PHILIP ; whether ,or not he was the Author of Jo- NIUS'S Letters may still be doubted ; but amt he pi 'ssessed . -:reat abilities, and was ri sound sc!►olar, must be universally acknowledged ; .and however w e might differ with trim in poli , ies, we believe that he had the welfare of his country atheart, and he has certainly lett a reputation that does honour to his memory, CORONER'S INQ U FURTHER PARTICULA RS of THE MURDER NEAR VUTHIN. The person of the unfortimate..man, who was lately murdered near Robin, was identified. by some Irishmett, who attended the great itvirket, at Ruthin, on Monday sennight. It seems that his name was Patrick M'Avoy, a nd a oo ti v e Ireland. Oa Tuesday last, the adjourned Coro ner's inquest was held, and Cie Jury brought in a verdict of '' Wilful Murder against some ,person or persons unknown." During a minute investi gation which took place on the subject, it has been proved, that the deceased, a c companied by a pet son dressed in a great coat, similar to those worn k the lower order of Irishmen, was secu• about hall-past four o'clock, on Monday evening, the 7th instant, (which was the evening of the murder) a .qua'rter of a mile on the toad leading from Northop to Mold. The same persons were afterward, seen at five o'clock of the same even inc, at the Dolphin, in Mold ; the landlord of which place describes the person who accompanied the deceased, as follows :—He wore a great coat, similar to those generally worn by the lower Irish, which was buttoned;—lie further describes him as a person of plain features,. with a weak squeaking voice. Shortly after five, the same two persons started for Ruthin. About halt-past eight, one Irishman. was observed on .that p a rt o f ;he road, leading from Bwleli pen y Batras de M o ld, ivhere e tliete is a tttroin g to Llanterras, which communicates willa the new diree:o rt of- road from Ituthin to Mold ; having found nit enquiry, where the above turning led to, lie imme diately took that line. The following ofornuig, red morocco pocket-hook was found, thrown from the road into an adjoining field in the neighbour hood. The Mugistrites, Coroner, and the princpal inhabitants of Ruthin, are indetatigable in their exertions to trace out the guilty party ; and front the judicious arrangements which they have made to that purpose, there is every reason for supposing, that their noi s ed efforts nod zeal will prove, eventually, successful.— ( nester Courant, Dec. 2.2.) This morning, at five o'clock, a file broke out at the house of Mr. - I.ittowN, fair-dresser, Deli Lion-stteel, Whitech.vd ; the (lames weie first diiii:overed at the low,r pat t or the louse; by th, arrival of engines and a good supply of water, It W,.S got after dataidgiug the lower pot of the house ou;y. ~ - ;srTt P 0- E R Y. is , 'On the Report that the present PosseSsor of BLENIIEIM has the right to dispose of it as he pleases. pRYAIS : and ItAmAnRYAns mourn Those rural honour, rudely torn Front BLENHEIM'SIOV'd domain, Which grateful BRITAIN gaVC her Son, For Eti ROM'S Safety, nobly won, In AN\L•''S cictoi•iaus reign. 'Vet droop no Danisels, in despair, For WLLI,INGTON, iris MARTIAL HEIR; Of true Heroic Race, I\lay o'cr the votive spot preside, TO soot!) a Nation's wtninded pride, And cotHecrate the Ptace. IRLUISI 01.' FASHION. Attl4vAt.s.—The Duke of St. Alban's, from his seat, Gat ton, Surrey; Colons) White, from Franec; and Colonel Rich, from a tour, at the Mount Hord, Lower Grosvenor-street. DEPART ußt;.—Lord Braybrook, for his seat, Essex. FOR THE SUN. ROXBURGH F. CLUB. MR. EDITott,----When 1 wrote to von few mood's ago upon the s'ibject of a Festival given by an English Clergyman on the 17th of June, the Anniversary of the RoxaoacHs CLUB, 1 promised that.l would a-rite to you again, if you I found room for toy former lucubration. You did insert it in Toe SUN of the 24th of September, and I should be ashamed of having so long de layed to perform my promise, if any thitig of iliport;ince had occurred in relation to that Club ; but all matters seem to have proceeded in the usual coot se, and the members, no doubt, have enjoyed their periodical di flue rs, a n d i a thikied themselves in high panegyrics on these old Books, which the several generations that have succeed ed the time of their original publication did not think worth preserving, and which owe the con tinuance of their existence to accident, of the corrupt minds of those who kept theta extant, and . have transmitted them to an indignaut posterity. Perhaps it may be necessary to remind your Readers, that the chief circumstance which oc curred at the Paris celebration of the Ariniver sat y, was that of an English Clergyman of tire Orthodox Church, among other toasts appro priate to the Meeting, having given one " to the immortal memory of Co RtsToPtiv.li Vat.- DABBER, the Printer of the Boccacio, of WI ; a Book, the purchase of which, by a certain Nobleman, was the oecas;on of tie Institution of the Roxßbnon f: CLUB." Now, Sir, perhaps your Readers iu general may not know the nature of that work, for Cie printing of which, the me mory of VALDAIIFF,B. was !hos honoured; and it nhiY, therefore, be proper to inform them, that it is an infamous production, full of the most in tensive obscenity, without any such proportion of humour as could justify its preservari•,n, and therefore, it that copy of the first Editing had been the only one extant, and the Nobleman who purchased it had the moment atter committed it to th e flames, be woold have deserv,d well of mankind, toi: having destroyed a uork . only cal culated to corrupt yoltng ni:wary minds, 2111(1 to tickle the vicious imaginations of hardened old siuners. Whit !hen must tho s e o f your It u aders, ,who hare never known this fact before, think of those who could found an institution, that ought 10 hedevoted to useful Literature, upon such a baisl For mind, Sir, it was not established for any alledged purpose of toStcting genius and promoting vworks of moral and lißrary merit, but merely because a thoughtless young Nobleman had squandered'a large sum upon the reliques of ancient profli gacy !! I And what must be thought of a Pro testant member of a sacred calling . who could put himself to the expellee of a Tavern Diuter, hi the Licentious NetropoliS of France, chiefly for the purpose of celebtating the Anni%:ertary of a Club that had so exceptionable and disgusting an ? But, Sir, the recent agitation of the BLF.N oRINI question has recalled my promise to ray mind;and induced me again to trouble you on the subject. It is well known that the Nobleman allud. ell to, gavke for this nauseous remains of (lated obscenity no less a sum than 22601., and ► it appears that he has been felling the trees in a noble inheritance, the gilt of ,the BRITISH NA- T!ON to his maternal Ancestor as a reward for his glorious actions in the field, in honour of his country, and in resistance - of the ambition of the • French Monarch of the time.—Well, Sir, thi• felling has naturally; alarmed those who have an eventual claim to a ptoperty so honourable to the, nation which bestowed it, and the familyion which it was conferred. Now, Sir, as to the bearing of this ease on the RoxaunGnE CLUB ; it is evidf.llt (bat if silly men on the one hand, and artful men on the other, tiid not, in effect, conspire to set a fantastic value upon books, because they are old, however trifling, cootemptable, mischievous, and profligate, snot theteby create a fake ambi tion anumg those who by their rank and'wealth ate suitable dopes for interested and crafty cha racters,'this case might never have occurred . if w'e may believe general tumour, an embarrassed sitthation was the cause why these dilapidations of A property so honourable to the nation and to the family to which it belongs have been comtnitted. if 22601. be gken for one old hook, mach more May, perhaps, have been given for others, and hence we see the ruinous effects of such a delusive value as is put on votks of that desctintion; and the mischief, as well as folly, of an Institution founded on SO despicable a basis. I shall not take np MOUC of your Valuable Paper at present, than merely to say, as 1 did on the former occation, that if you insert this letter, you Will probably hear from me again on the sane subject, but not a lter so long an interval. 1 1 Amen Comer, Dec. 20. JOIIN BULL. A meolet ol ot Filler, re. si!ling to the Cny.roail, took to Neo. gate nimket yesterday ntorrrin4 a la., of hotseNthltsb, con ,,tining thirty sticks, ot only one yew'', growth, • ighinu, when, trimmed for sale, 2711)s , - o t ,trly the wti6itt of one pound each *tick. ..i( ~ • It' ASITINGTON (I.iy, At twelve o'clock, the PIIEIDENT 01 the United Statcs trans.: witted to both Houses of Co , gress, by hi Se crutary, Mr..l.3.Mourne, the following DI ESSAGE. ra n w Citizen: of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives, The auspicious circumstances under yoo will cOMmence th - e duties of the pirsent Session, will - lighten the - burden inseparable horn the higli trust comniiticri to y‘,ll. The finits of thc earth have been unusually abundant ; cotur•erce has flowished ; the revemie has exceetleti the most favourable anticipation ; and peace and amity are preerved With foreign nalions, on conditions just aunt honourable to our country. For these ines timable blessings, cannot but be v.rateful to that Providence which watches over the deStinies of nations. As the term limited for the operation of the Commercial Convention with Great Poitain wit expire early in the Month of July next, and it was deemed important that there should be no inter val, doting which: Abet portion of our commerce which tray provided for by that Conventiou, should tint be regulated, either by arrangement between the two 'Governments, or by the ,mtho rity of Congress, the A - noisier of the Uni!ed States at London was instructed, early in the last sum mer, to invite the 'attention of the Britian Govern ment to the subject, with a view to that object. Ele was instructed to propose, also, that the ne gociatioo which it was proposed to open, might extend to the general - commence of the two coon tt ieS, and to every other interest and unsettled thf terence between them ; particularly those relating to impressment, the fisheries, and boundaries, in the hope that en arrangement might be made, on joinciples of reciprocal advantage, which might comprehend and provide in a S!ttiStriCtory manner for all these high concerns, 1 have the satisfac tion to state, that the proposal was received by the liritishGovernment ill the spirit which prompt ed it ; and that a negociation has been (Terre(' at London, embracing all these objects. On full consideration of the great extent and magnitude of the trust, it was, tlibught proper to commit it to not less than two of our distinguished citizen';` and, in consetineoce, the Envoy Extraontintaty and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States at Pari4 has beeo associated with our Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Lon don ; to both of whom corrtspondiog instructions have tonor given ; - and they ate now engaged in the dischatge of its duties. It is proper to add, that, to prevent any inconvenience result ing front the delay incident to a ncgociation on so many important subjects, it n'B3 agreed, before entering no it, that the existing Convention should he con tinned for a term of not less than eight •years. Our relations with Spain remaiii neatly in the state in which they were at the close of the last Session. The Convention of 1802 providiug for the adjustment of a certain portion of the claims of our c tizens for injori , s sustained by spolia tion, and so long suspended by the Spanish Go- - veroffeellt, has at length been ratified by it ; but no arrangement has yet been made for the pay-, ment of another portion of like claims, not less extensive or well foonded, or for on her classes of claims, or for the settlement .16„..41,,rie5. Th e se sithj , cts have age io been bronght under consuter in both cou n tries, but no agreement has been entered into respectinc them. lo the mean time, events have 'reclined which clearly prove the ill effect of the pohey svhich Cott Government has so long pursued oo the ft ientilv relations cif the two countries, which, it is presnined, it is at least of as much haportance to Spain as to the United States to maiotain. A state of things has existed in the Floridas, the tendency of which has been obvious to; all who have paid tloc sligoest attention to the progress of affairs in that quarter. Thronghout the whole of those provinces to which the Spanish tire extends ) the Government of Spain has scarcely been felt. Its authority has been confined, almost exclusively, to the walls of Pen titcolit and St. Angustioe, within which only small garrisons have been maintained. Adventurers from every country, fugitives from justice, and - absconding slaves, have found an asylum there. Several (Hoes et Indians, strong in the number Of their warriors, remarkable for their ferocity, and whose sttlen:ents extend to our limits, t 0.1144 .1144 those provinces. These different hordes of 'people, connected together, disregarding, on the one side, the authority of Spain, and protected ott the other by an imaginary line which sepa rates Florida from the United States, Lice yin- Itrt ed oor laws, prohibiting the introduction of slaves, have practised various frauds on our re "venue, and committed every kind of outrage oat our peaceable citizens which their proximity to us enabled them to penetrate. The invasion of Amelia Island last year, by a small band of ad venturers, not exceoling 150 in number, who wrested it from the ioconsiderable Spanish force stationed there, and beld,it several months, dor iog which a single•feeble effort only was made to recover it, which failed, clearly proves how completely extinct the Spanish Authority had be come ; as the coot:net of those adventurers, wink in possession of the island, as distinctly sHows the pernicious purposes for which their combination had been formed. ThiS country had, in fact, become the theatre of every species of lawless advent tit e. With little population of its own, the .‘,panisli authority al most extmrt, and the Governments in a state of revolution, having :to pretension to ir,, , and sufficiently employed in then inwn concerns, i t Was in a gr ea t measure dery list, and the object of cupidity to every adventurer. A system of hor!... canecring wag rapidly organizing over it, which menaced, in iis consequences, the lawful com merce of .every nation, and particulaily of the United Srares ; while it presented a tempticioni to every people, on whose s,duction its success principally depended. lii r.gard to the Unit. d States, the pe'rnicions effects of this unlawful combination was nut confined to the ocean ; the Itilltan tell i es hive cOnsti , toted the elective force to Finrida. With these tithes these adventure's hot t.r u ted, at an early p...riod, a connevon; With. a view to avail themselves of that force to pro.- mute their own projects of accumulation au‘i